Regional Cooperation in South Asia

1. Introduction: Interdisciplinary Approach to Regional Cooperation in South Asia
Sumana Bandyopadhyay, André Torre, Paulo Casaca, Tomaz Dentinho

Part I. Social and Economic Aspects in South Asia Interaction

2. International Trade and Widening Wage Gap: A General Equilibrium Approach
Rajat Acharyya

3. Causes and Effects of Foreign Direct Investment in South Asia
Tomaz Dentinho, Joaquim Ramos Silva

4. Migration Flows in South Asia
M. Mizanur Rahman Sarker

Part II. Channels and Adapted Spaces of South Asia

5. Some Aspects of Connectivity in South Asia: Issues and Way Forward
Ram Upendra Das

6. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and Its Impact on Regionalisation in South Asia
Siegfried O. Wolf

7. Screaming Urbanization and Infrastructural Gap in South Asia: A Critical Analysis
Vijay Pandey

8. Housing Policy in India: Understanding the Missing Links
Kanika Basu, Nila Pandian

Part III. Sustainability and Natural Resources

9. Land Dispossession and Livelihood Adaptation: Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies in Rajarhat and Singur
Chinmoyee Mallik

10. Inter-State Conflicts within the Indian National River Linking Project: A Case Study of the Polavaram Dam
Klara Feldes

11. Sharing Water Across Indo-Bangladesh Border
Kalyan Rudra

12. Seawater Intrusion: Land Degradation and Food Insecurity Among Coastal Communities of Sindh, Pakistan
Habibullah Magsi, M. Javed Sheikh

13. Coastal Encroachment, Biodiversity and Distribution of Natural Coastal and Marine Resources in South Asia
Anisah Lee Abdullah

14. Energy Interdependency in South Asia
Md. Humayun Kabir, Syeda Shahida Maknun, Md. Jakariya

Part IV. Institutions and Democracy

15. Negotiating Laws: Land Practices in the Process of City-Making in South India
Roxane Flore

16. India-EU FTA: Indian Bilateralism vs. South Asian Regionalism?
Wolfgang-Peter Zingel

17. Different Proximities and Conflicts Related to the Setting of Big Infrastructures: The Case of Diamer Bhasha Dam in Pakistan

Muazzam Sabir, André Torre

18. Opportunities and Challenges for South Asian Co-operation on Human Rights: A Case Study of the UN Human Rights Council
Arjun Sharma, Anna-Luise Chané, Idesbald Goddeeris

19. State of Democracy in South Asia: The Cases of Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan
Siegfried O. Wolf

Keywords: Economics, Regional/Spatial Science, International Relations, Development and Social Change, Asian Politics, Asian Economics, Natural Resource and Energy Economics